Anita Sarkeesian thought it would be a good idea to make a video series called Tropes vs. Women in…
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In addition to the aggressive actions against me that I've already shared, the harassers launched DDoS attacks on my site, attempted to hack into my email and other social media accounts and reported my Twitter and YouTube accounts as "terrorism", "hate speech" or "spam". They also attempted to "dox" and distribute my personal contact info including address and phone number on various websites and forums (including hate sites).

Tropes Vs. Women: Video Games is the name of the project. It'll be a video series. It hasn't even been made yet. That hasn't stopped the trolling. I guess I should quote the mission statement of Sarkeesian's project, though that implies that there is some mission statement out there that she could have had that would have merited this reaction—and that the only reason this reaction is condemnatory is because Sarkeesian's mission statement doesn't seem to merit the attacks sent her way.

I love playing video games but I'm regularly disappointed in the limited and limiting ways women are represented. This video project will explore, analyze and deconstruct some of the most common tropes and stereotypes of female characters in games. The series will highlight the larger recurring patterns and conventions used within the gaming industry rather than just focusing on the worst offenders. I'm going to need your help to make it happen!

What prompted a gaming writer to go on a Twitter rampage against actress, gamer, and self-described …
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Sarkeesian writes: "After struggling with whether or not to make the extent of the attacks public I've decided that it's ultimately important to shed light on this type of abuse because online harassment and bullying are at epidemic levels across the internet."

Agreed. It's absurd. There are far smarter and funnier ways to disagree.